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　A new variety of potatoes is spreading in the city of Ashtaroth.

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　They are delicious, easy to grow, and resistant to disease. The number of farmers will quickly increase and the castle town of Ashtaroth will be enriched, but I will not relax my domestic policy just yet.

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　I will embark on a reform that I have been thinking about for a long time.

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　The reform is..,

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The reform of the postal service.

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　The reform was "postal reform".

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　I want to solve the postal situation in the city of Ashtaroth.

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　Basically, there is no postal service in this world.

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　To be precise, there is a postal service, but it is not organized.

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　Adventurers' guilds and merchants' guilds were each responsible for their own services and charged their own fees.

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　Since there were no laws governing the delivery of goods, it was a common occurrence that goods did not arrive even if they were paid for.

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　The lords could just send out their own messengers, but I wanted to provide a quality service to the residents of the city as well.

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　I called up Robin Hood as the minister in charge of mail.

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　Toshizo was a bit appalled that I would entrust the job to a newcomer, but I had no one else to fill the position. Toshizo is surprisingly reckless and not suited for detailed work. As for the saint, I don't need to explain myself.

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　I didn't want to give more work to Eve, who was busy, and I wanted Godreve to do other work as well.

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"So it's a process of elimination.

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　was Robin's phrase, and it was true, although it was hard to put it that way. But he does not show any reluctance.

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"I've learned from my travels on this continent that the mail is a handy thing to have. I can send letters to my lover and his family in another city."

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　Robin must have felt this way since he was separated from his girlfriend. He took care of the postal service.

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　But I'll take care of the important stuff.

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　First of all, I will build a central post office in the center of the city.

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　To cut costs, I will buy a wealthy merchant's house and renovate it.

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　Once the central post office is built, divide the city into 26 blocks and assign the letters of the world alphabet to each block.

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　For example, Toshizo's favorite brothel is located in district H, so he numbers it according to the rule of H9-21, etc. The number 9 is the order of streets, 21 is the order of districts, and so on. 9 is the order of streets and 21 is the street number.

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　Once a notice is issued and each building is numbered, it is registered at the post office and used as a marker for the deliveryman. If we made it this easy to understand, anyone could be a mailman, even illiterate people who cannot read or demon tribe.

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　I hired mainly wounded soldiers who had been injured and were no longer able to work in the army, and I decided to make it their second career.

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　This arrangement was very well received by the veterans and had a synergistic effect on the army, as they were assured that they would not be stuck in the Ashtaroth army for the rest of their lives.

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　The army attracted competent soldiers from the neighborhood and they joined the regular army. Robin had shrewdly recruited a man who was good at archery. He is a very strong man indeed.

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　Now that the postal system and the central post office have been established, small post offices should be built on every street corner.

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　Since the collection and delivery stations were small enough and not so hard work, they were assigned to widows. War widows who lost their husbands in the war were made postmasters and given jobs so that they would not have to remarry unwillingly.

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　They gladly became postmasters and handled the letters. They were very motivated and worked as hard as a man alone.

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　Eve, who was watching them, praised them.

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She said, "That's the master. Not only did he improve the postal service, he also increased the number of jobs for the citizens.

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　Genius is no longer the only word to describe him. He praises him.

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"That's too much praise. And the postal reform has only just begun. If it works in the city of Ashtaroth, the next step is to take control of the city. We'll start with Kongming's city for starters. Eventually, when the whole world adopts it, we can send letters to all the countries of the world, but well, that may take a decade or more.

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"A great river starts with a drop of water. In a few years, lovers will be sending love letters in droves.

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"I heard that there is a culture of New Year's greeting cards in other worlds. It may become popular in this world, too.

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　Then comes Robin Hood, the Minister of Post and Telecommunications.

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"Witch King, I have a question about the postal service.

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"What, trouble?"

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"Trouble, no doubt, but something troublesome has happened.

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"What's going on?"

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　Robin asked me what was going on, and then she got a serious look on her face.

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"As a matter of fact, a dead horse was thrown in the back of the central post office.

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"It's not that unusual to find a dead horse.

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　He does not say. The horse was the mascot of the post office sign in Ashtaroth. All the post office signs were in the shape of a horse.

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　The fact that the corpse of such a symbolic creature was thrown into the river must be indicative of something.

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"Well, I'd say it's more of a harassment or a warning."

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"Perhaps. The horse was pathetically decapitated.

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Sounds like a Mafia type move.

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　But I don't think it's a good idea to pin it on the Mafia.

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　I decide to investigate.

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　I ask Robin, the Post Minister, to join me and we look at both Eve and Jeanne.

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　Yves is by far the most intelligent assistant, but there is no chance that Jeanne's uninhibitedness will solve the case.

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　Jeanne would be the best in the sense that if you don't take her with you, she will boo you later.

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　While I was wondering what to do, Robin took out a coin from his pocket.

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"When in doubt, here it is," said Robin.

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"A coin toss. Well, that's the best way.

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　It is better to decide with a coin toss than to overload your brain cells with a lot of trouble.

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So, let's put Jeanne on the front and Eve on the back.

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"Wouldn't it be more appropriate if it were the other way around?"

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　Robin makes a crude joke, but only lets out a giggle and flips the coin.

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　Robin catches it in the air and releases her palm.

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　There is the witch.

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"I guess Eve will play Watson then," I said.

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　Eve's face lights up as I say this.

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　Jeanne, who was standing next to me, complained as expected, but I managed to convince her.

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　I gave her various reasons to stay behind, such as to train as a soldier or to read a book, and finally convinced her that I would buy her a souvenir.

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　I wondered what was so sad about having to buy souvenirs in my own castle, but I told myself that it was not a bad idea to see what the specialties of the Ashtaroth Castle were like.

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　Thus the survey team was formed.

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　The first thing to do is to go to the site. The first thing to do was to visit the central post office where the dead horse had been thrown in.

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　When they got to the central post office, a man who was a bird subhuman came to them with a rubbing hand.

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Well, well, well, Mr. Ashtaroth. What brings you to a place like this?"

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　He seemed to be a bit mean, but most of the bird people were merchants and usually had this kind of character.

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I heard that a dead horse was thrown into the yard of the central post office.

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　Hearing these words, Oswald, the bird man, is startled.

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"...... I didn't think that the Demon Lord would hear about it already... Hell's ears!"

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"Robin told me."

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"The Postmaster General told me. Then I guess there's no point in trying to hide it anymore. As a matter of fact, a dead horse was thrown in the back of the Central Post Office this morning.

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"Harassment, intimidation... Was there any message?

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There was. On the wall.

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I knew it. What's the plan?

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"We've increased security at the central post office, but we can't get to the end of the line at ......."

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"I guess so. If we put guards at every post office, the cost of mailing would skyrocket.

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"Yes. After all, the Demon Lord has thought of a way to cut down on labor costs..."

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"And if they're afraid of being harassed at any time, the morale of the employees at the end of the line will also decline. If this continues, the postal service will collapse. So I'm going to find out who's harassing them. Can you take us to the site?"

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"That's fine. ......"

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　He glances at Eve.

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　I hope you don't mind if I show the dead horse to the lady," Oswald continues.

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"Don't worry about that. Eve is the daughter of a demoness. She is the daughter of a demon tribe. A dead horse won't raise an eyebrow."

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"That's amazing. She's a strong woman.

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　Eve said..,

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"That's a shame."

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　Eve bowed her head and the four of them went straight to the scene of the crime.

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